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Montgomery utility to "go solar"

The electric company in Montgomery wants to get into the solar power business, The Alabama Municipal Electric Authority says it’s completed a deal to develop what it may be one of the largest solar power arrays in the state. Lightsource BP will finance, build and own the one hundred and twenty five million dollar solar facility and deliver energy to Montgomery under a twenty year power purchase agreement. The project will deploy more than 350,000 solar panels over 800 rural acres.

Pat Duggins is news director for Alabama Public Radio.
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